OTHER PARENTING LINKS
Diaper Free!	Diapers—another Western convention designed to dumb us and our babies down—just like formula and bottles. Did you know that babies know when they need to eliminate and signal us when they need to go? Did you know that most of the world’s babies never wear diapers? How many mammals do you know that stay with their own excrement, much less sit in it? Revolutionary and liberating information!!!!
Nurses for the Rights of the Child	Some of you may be familiar with the video “The Nurses of St. Vincent Say No to Circumcision” which documented the protests of L&D nurses at St. Vincent Hospital in Santa Fe, NM, who became conscientious objectors to infant circumcision. I’m honored to say that I know these some of these nurses—in fact, one of them, Patricia Worth, was the nurse who taught me to breastfeed my daughter. This site will give you ACCURATE information about genital mutilation, a.k.a. circumcision. Please, “Take the Whole Baby Home.”
Susan Weed	If you loved her “Wise Woman Herbal for the Childbearing Year”, you’ll love monthly installments of Susan Weed’s green wisdom at her website. You can subscribe (or read online) to her monthly newsletter Weed Wanderings, and view past issues as well. She also has a new site on Breast Health. Get to know your herbal allies!
James McKenna’s Mother-Baby Behavioral Sleep Laboratory	Many of us don’t need any research to tell us what we know in our hearts to be true: baby belongs in bed with the rest of the family (Mama, Papa, older siblings, pets, etc!). But the research is still pretty exciting: newborn’s breathing is regulated by mother’s, baby’s signals for nursing and comforting are answered more subtly and immediately by a mother who may be responding while still sleeping. . . and more. Don’t let your doctor, or mother-in-law, or the CPSC tell you it’s not safe. Check out this site and get the research-based FACTS.